Activity Report from Bèl Platon Community School
March 29, 2012 Earlier this month Program Coordinator Benaja Antoine visited our most remote partner school, Bèl Platon Community School. While there, he facilitated a meeting between teachers and school leadership, gave a short training on earthquakes, and helped the school work through some issues it was having with its social business pilot. To read […]
Meals at Cabois Community School!
March 28, 2012 Thank you to the Brelsford family, Heads Together Haiti, and everyone else who contributed to support Cabois Community School to provide meals this month! This program feeds about 150 people – students and staff – each school day and is a vital part of enabling students to learn well. *Click here for […]
WOZO Finishes Strong in Puerto Rico
March 20, 2012 We return to Haiti today. Hats off to WOZO for finishing strong in Puerto Rico. Deep gratitude to all those who made this trip possible and who extended such gracious hospitality. We look forward to coming back! At University of Puerto Rico in San Juan
WOZO Choir Part of 500 Singers…
March 18, 2012 Here’s the final (and very moving) song during the last concert of the Discover Puerto Rico Choral Festival:
WOZO Performs at University of Puerto Rico
March 17, 2012 It’s been another fabulous day in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Our hosts–the town of Ponce for that matter!–are treating WOZO like royalty. Here they are in this video finishing their performance to a wonderfully enthusiastic and appreciative crowd.
WOZO Choir in Ponce, Puerto Rico
March 16, 2012 WOZO Choir’s first day in Ponce, Puerto Rico is going GREAT! Below are some photos of WOZO visiting Liceo Ponceno and performing as part of their 100th year anniversary celebration. The warmth and generosity from school director Rita Rodrigez, her assistant Midred Pereles, Haitian-born Marie Arteaga who is responsible for cafeteria (and […]
Social Business with Partner Schools
March 15, 2012 While there are debates about schools and education policy in the U.S., few would argue with this: every child deserves a quality education. In Haiti, however, the system makes this practically impossible. So how can we both help individual schools and also find creative ways to address issues with the system? The […]
Always Be Playin’ – WOZO with LIG Playmakers
March 10, 2012 Here are some images of fun and joy as film crew captures Life Is Good Playmakers with WOZO Choir. They’ve already produced a CD and WOZO is part of the music. It is going to schools and educators throughout Haiti. Now they’re creating a DVD. We love Life Is Good Playmakers in […]
Friends at “Life Is Good” Filming WOZO
March 2, 2012 We love when Life is Good friends visit us. We love when they do training for our teachers to help them bring more joy to learning. We love Life is Good!